I Personally Guarantee That You've Never Seen Shoes Like THESE Before

That is, unless you drive a DeLorean and live in the future or happen to work in the Muppet costume shop.

I was running around Paris doing appointments and trying to scarf as many croissants in as I could yesterday afternoon, when the tweets about the Celine show started coming in the pipeline. Almost all of them--including this one from our fashion director, Anne Christensen--commented on the out-of-this-world shoes that hit the runway:

Now, let's take a second to break things down and talk about this, because you can't really have fuzzy shoes skip down one of the most hotly-anticipated Paris fashion week runways without commenting on them.

First of all, we know that Phoebe Philo doesn't do novelty, she doesn't do whimsy. This isn't just some attention-getting maneuver. The master of cool, girl-friendly minimalism may have gone softer, and more feminine this season with her slouchy satin pants and gently knotted silk details, but she's still got her razor-sharp vision intact. Philo was quoted as saying that her spring 2013 collection was about ""Beauty, friendship, and journey...about supporting eachother, being kind to each other," which helps explain the oh-so-comfortable shoes: Girlfriend's got your back—or in this case your feet. She took the cushy, fuzzy lining of slippers and slapped them on high heels and sandals, which means Buh-bye blisters!

Another important thing to keep in mind is that if Phoebe Philo is into fur-lined footwear for spring, a whole lot of other, more nice-price designers and brands will too. As evidenced by the rising popularity of boxy, unadorned, boldly hued Celine-like handbags, a notable new accessory style from Philo sets the mass market trend in motion. So expect to see plush heels and sandals covered in Muppet-like fuzz, on shelves at your local shoe shop, sometime soon.

Okay let's open the floor to some comments: Were you shocked to see such unbelievable shoes? Aren't you curious as to how they'd feel on your feet? Just a little bit? On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being wanting to get married and have babies and/or have a whole closet full of Celine) how much do you love Phoebe Philo? (I'm a solid 9.5).